What’s changed in the Standards, regulations and codes recently?

Find out where to learn about standards and regulation change.

  • Regulations

Overview

Standards and regulations change, and it doesn’t have to be time consuming or difficult to keep on top of it.

Resources to help keep you up to date

Energy Safety’s monthly business update newsletter – subscribe to have it emailed to you. The newsletter includes information on changes planned to standards, codes, regulations and work practices.

Subscribe to the Energy Safety Business Update(external link) — WorkSafe

Energy Safety's website gives you direct access to guidelines on regulation and certification requirements.

Energy Safety(external link) — WorkSafe

EWRB’s Electron newsletter is sent to licensed electrical practitioners. Electron gives you a heads-up on changes that will affect you.

Electron newsletter

Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010(external link) — New Zealand Legislation 

Electrical Standards

As a licensed person, you have free access to Electrical Standards, including AS/NZS 3000 through your individual EWRB Online Services login. You can also purchase them from the Standards New Zealand online bookshop.

Get Standards(external link) — Standards New Zealand

Standards New Zealand frequently publishes amendments, revisions, and new documents. They even offer a free email service – Keep me up to date – that automatically notifies you of changes to standards relating to electrical work.

Subscribe to Keep me up to date(external link) — Standards New Zealand

Making sure a regulation is up to date

Sometimes the latest version of a standard is not the one cited in the regulations, so you should not be using it.

There are two easy ways to confirm which standard is currently cited:

  1. Schedule 2 of the regulations lists all the latest standards and codes of practice that you should use.
    Schedule 2 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010(external link) — New Zealand Legislation
  2. When viewing standards on the Standards New Zealand website through the EW Portal, look out for the hammer icon next to some of the standards. Hover over the icon to see which legislation the standard is cited in.